Fully-integrated Optical Services

Coatings, fabrication, and metrology from a reliable optics partner.

Vertically-integrated Services

Andover Corporation provides services that complement the product catalog and help customers qualify designs, scale production, and verify performance. These services are commonly used to reduce program risk, shorten timelines, and improve confidence in optical results across demanding applications.

Key service highlights

Custom optical coating services for challenging optical requirements and production needs
Coatings for optical filters, including custom optical filter coating services and custom optical filter coatings
Optical substrate fabrication and dicing, plus precision polishing and shaping for flats and custom geometries
Testing and metrology support for spectral verification, environmental test needs, and traceability requirements
Temperature-dependent measurement support for narrow-band performance verification

Why Industry Leaders Choose Andover

Coating

Andover Corporation offers coating services across a wide range of program types—from early qualification lots to sustained production support. Coating services can be used to stabilize supply chains, add capacity, and meet optical performance targets on customer-supplied or program-specified substrates.

Common coating service needs

Coatings for optical bandpass, edge, and custom-designed filters
Anti-reflective optical coatings, including broadband options
High laser damage threshold coatings for laser and high-energy applications
Hard oxide coatings for durability-focused environments
Space-qualified optical coatings / optical coatings for space environments
Biocompatible optical coatings for medical devices
Specialty materials support, including chalcogenide coatings

Fabrication

Fabrication services include precision polishing and glass machining to support optical components that require controlled figure, finish, and repeatability. Capabilities are suited for quick-turn needs as well as volume-driven workflows, with processes designed to maintain optical quality targets.

Typical fabrication capabilities

Optical flats and windows with controlled transmitted wavefront and surface roughness targets (application-dependent)
Fast-turn fabrication for small diameters, squares, and non-standard shapes while maintaining optical quality goals
Optical substrate fabrication and dicing to support downstream coating and assembly requirements

Testing & Metrology

Testing and metrology services support teams that need verification of spectral performance, environmental test support, or traceability requirements. Measurement support can also include temperature-dependent verification for narrow-band behavior using controlled conditions (application-dependent).

Measurement and verification services

Spectral verification and performance validation support
Environmental testing support and traceability options (as applicable)
Temperature-dependent verification for narrow-band performance, including cryogenic-capable measurement workflows (application-dependent)
Measurement support relevant to space-simulation use cases, microbolometers, and sealed detector systems (application-dependent)

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